Requiescat in Pace

America has lost one of its finest writers and thinkers. Bill Buckley was one of the great founders of the modern conservative movement. He brought conservative thought into the political mainstream, and helped lay the intellectual foundation for America's victory in the Cold War and for the conservative movement that continues to this day. He will be remembered for his principled thought and beautiful writing — as well as his personal warmth, wit, and generous spirit. His legacy lives on in the ideas he championed and in the magazine he founded — National Review.

He jovially countered his opponents with ideas and language. The conservative movement’s greatest years were under his active vision. He brought the movement out of the crazies and I fear it will lapse back to them in his absence. RIP, Mr. Buckley. Posted by jk at February 27, 2008 2:56 PM